Chapter CXXVIII: Appendix: III

ANIMAL STORIES FROM THE HEBREW ALPHABET OF BEN SIRA.

This seems to be the oldest collection of animal tales which agree most closely with some of the Rumanian. They are of a purely oriental origin, and are therefore invaluable in helping to determine that of the latter. They are taken from the Venice edition, 1544, reprinted page by page by Steinschneider, Berlin 1858 (f. 24a ff.).